English Parts of Speech
Learning English can be fun and easy if you know the basic parts of the language. One of the most important things to learn is the parts of speech. These are the different types of words we use to make sentences. Let’s take a look at five main parts of speech: nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, and prepositions.
Noun (នាម)
A noun is a word that names a person, place, thing, or idea.
Examples
- Person: teacher, doctor, Sovath, pilot, driver
- Place: school, park, Phnom Penh, hospital, restaurant
- Thing: book, apple, car, backpack, axe, spoon, cucumber
- Idea: happiness, love, freedom, hatred, gratefulness
Verb (កិរិយាស័ព្ទ)
A verb is a word that shows an action or a state of being.
Examples:
- Action Verb : run, eat, sing, jump
- State Verb : is, am, are, have
Adjectives (គុណនាម)
An adjective is a word that describes a noun. It tells us more about a person, place, or thing. Normally an adjective is used before a noun and after verb to be. Here are some examples of adjectives : big, small, happy, blue, fast, beautiful, amazing, expensive, comfortable
Example
- He has a fast car.
- She is very beautiful.
- A comfortable car is always expensive.
- We are happy.
- He lives in a small house.
Adverbs (គុណកិរិយា)
An adverb is a word that describes a verb, an adjective, or another adverb. It often tells us how, when, where, or to what extent something happens.
Adverbs of manner : tells how someone does something or how something is done. To form an adverb of manner, we basically add - ly and -ily to an adjective. See the 3 rules below.
Adding - ily
- ily is added to an adjective that ends in a consonant + y, example:
lazy- lazily, busy- busily, noisy - noisily, happy - happily,
Ex. They are dancing happily.
Adding - ly
- ly is added to most adjectives that don't end in a consonant + y, example:
quiet - quietly, beautiful - beautifully, slow - slowly, loud - loudly
Ex. My teacher always speak loudly.
Irregular adverb
Some adverbs are irregular so we do not add -ly or -ily to an adjective. Here are some example of of irregular adverbs:
good - well
fast - fast
hard - hard
early - early
late - late
daily - daily
Ex. He speaks English well. Not He speaks English goodly.
Prepositions (ធ្នាក់)
A preposition is a word that shows the relationship between a noun (or pronoun) and another word in the sentence. It often tells us where or when something is. Here are some examples of prepositions : in, on, at, under, behind, with, below, above, between, near, far, next to,
Ex. The cat is under the table.
Conclusion
Understanding these five parts of speech—nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, and prepositions—will help you build better sentences in English.
Practice
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